For y'all asking why we're all gung-ho on beating the Chinese back to the Moon: NASA's lunar ambitions include surface bases on the lunar South Pole, where the

For y'all asking why we're all gung-ho on beating the Chinese back to the Moon: NASA's lunar ambitions include surface bases on the lunar South Pole, where there is water ice trapped in craters with permanent shadows. China has similar plans. If China gets ahead of the US, it could just claim all the good spots and leave NASA's program in a bind. Hence the urgency to stake a claim near lunar ice deposits.